Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vitellogenin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: vitel-logenin
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

vitellogenins (plural)

Derived Forms

microvitellogenin

Questions

What does vitellogenin mean?: An egg-yolk precursor protein expressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species.

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